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Comment by ShinobiDL

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer."

Comment by murphmanfa

This is, as has been noted, a reference to the Litany Against Fear from the Dune series of novels. It says, in full:

I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.I will face my fear.I will permit it to pass over me and through me.And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.Only I will remain.

Comment by Magicmoose

This is the hardest achievement of the meta imo (besides the heroic boss grind) because of the very large room for error. The crossbowmen will use Dread Spray several times in a single visit, and the fight can last a good while (10+ minutes).

Each Dread Spray lasts 16 shots, each shot targeting an eighth of the shrine, distributing the shots evenly to the shrine. (Divide the shrine into a pie, each section will be hit twice per dread spray.)Each crossbowpanda has his own pattern for the 16 shots, which appear to start in the same section every time. It would be hard to describe the patterns in text.Here's a Picture of the patterns, and a video of them on live.

Comment by Wowvocate

Bring four tanks, four (maybe five) healers and the rest preferably ranged dps

As the crossbowmen do not engage when sent to the outer shrines, have each group of players simply not attack them when sent over. No combat = no dread spray = no fear.

Burn everything on the pull, lust, cooldowns, and nuke sha down as hard as possible before the three groups have been sent. If there is a group at each shrine, no more players will be sent.

Ignore the bolt adds. There will be an absurd amount of them up that last minute, just dance dance dance. And make sure to always be within the light wall. There is literally no way to get feared.

Comment by horz

You will fail if someone prevents getting feard with characters' abilities. The anti-fear buff you get in the encounter is fine though.You may get hit by dread spray, but again you are not allowed to get feared or use anything that prevents getting feared when you would get feared without that ability.

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Comment by Hohen666

I'm still astonished of the number of references to Dune there are in WoW.

Comment by Oraculum

We did this last night in a 10man. Similar to the 25man cheese tactic above, we too cheesed it... though using a slightly different approach. We ran 1 tank, 9 DPS. Just before Ominous Cackle We had our DPS warrior taunt and use Die by the Sword (note, the tank needs to move out of the light for this to work). Then when the Crackle hits, our warrior + 3 DPS get pulled off the platform (since we had no healer, we only lost 4 players to the Crackle). Our raid then had the remaining 90seconds until the next crackle to finish off Sha.

Our total kill time was 1:36, and I believe we had until 2:15 to have killed him before all but 2 DPS were pulled off the platform. The first Crackle happened about ~45sec in. Our players iLvl ranged from 523-540 with our lesser geared players using LFR Weapons/Trinkets.

Comment by kajimelons

If your raid DPS is high enough (at the very least, normal ToT gear), you can do this on Heroic (I did on 10m, not sure about 25m) quite easily.

When the first group of players get ported, all they need to do is stand still when they land; the corrupted Pandas won't attack unless someone attacks/gets in range. Assuming your remaining DPS can bring Sha down to 66% before the next cackle, no-one will get hit by a Spray. You can blow all your DPS cooldowns at the start as well before the first cackle, as they all get reset in p2.

When Sha hits 66%, he transports all players away to Phase 2 and there's no more Spray/Breath to worry about - good luck!

Comment by Craxen

The way we did was just super nuke Sha all we could with prepots, flask and foodbuff. This way he reached ~25% before the first teleport.

When the first group landed on the outer shrine they DID NOT engage the mini boss at all ( to avoid arrow fear ). The rest 5 of us at the Sha platform finished of the boss without any healing issues and we recieved the achivement. The group had an average ilvl of 530-540. I would also recommend Death Knight tank, which doesnt need any healing at all.

We ignored the "shield adds" and "danced" their bolts. Just make sure you stay inside the lightray.

Short sum up:-Pop everything at start and nuke.-The peoples who sends to outer shrine - DO NOT engage the mini-panda boss.-Rest on main platform dodge bolts - stay inside lightray - finish of Sha of Fear.

Good luck!

Comment by thaia

You do NOT need to be a complete raid. We earned the achievement with 7 people in group.

Comment by Korkol

The method to not engage the add on the platform still works as of 5.4.

Comment by Nueve

You can easily nuke the boss to Phase 2, if you use all your cooldowns at the start of the fight. The Omnious Cackle will not even appear. Did it with random group on Heroic.

Comment by ResidentNileist

Soloed this today as a brewmaster monk. Simply stand in the light as you would normally; when ominous cackle occurs, you'll be swept away and the Sha will start using his reaching attack. Smack the panda with a touch of death and teleport back, and you should be able to finish the encounter without issues.

Comment by StansDad

Since the advent of Legion, I believe this page is in need of an update. I volunteer.So...How to Solo at level 110 with 790+ gear level:1) Unload with everything you've got.2) Loot.3) Mic Drop & Exit.

Side note - For those who aren't keen on videos, just stack up in the center of the platform inside the circle and nuke the boss. On Heroic difficulty this may not work if you do not have enough damage. It's best to bring a few friends a long to just smash the boss down really fast.

Comment by Boxofbeer

To earn this achievement you have to visit Terrace of Endless Spring raid instance, and find there last boss - Sha of Fear. Since Legion released there's no any tactics needed. As you hit 110 and got some gear you can nuke the boss ignoring any skills and earn the The Mind-Killer as well.